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A public archive documents and celebrates the legacy of the Chatham Coloured All-Stars.
A public archive documents and celebrates the legacy of the Chatham Coloured All-Stars.
Wilfred (Boomer) Harding, a pioneering multi-sport athlete, is the subject of a retrospective project by UWindsor researchers.
The photo book “From the Vault” won its author and publisher a prize for contributions to local history.
Irene Moore Davis received the 2015 UWindsor History Department Community Heritage Medal for her passionate contributions to the research and teaching of Black history in Windsor and Essex County.
Finding ways to cultivate interest in local heritage and history and encourage its research is the impetus behind two new awards recently created by the Department of History.
Department head Miriam Wright says the Windsor area has a fascinating history that is central to North America but there is still relatively little written about it by local historians.
“Both awards are a wish to recognize the work people in the community do to keep the history, the heritage and the stories of this region alive.” Wright says.
Three history professors published books celebrated with a joint launch reception Tuesday.
Jennifer Rocheleau, secretary to then history department, made a most deserving recipient of an award recognizing staff service in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, professor Miriam Wright told attendees at the faculty’s end-of-year celebration, Wednesday in Vanier Hall.
An awards ceremony Thursday celebrated the achievements of students and faculty in the Department of History. The event was held in a first-year class taught by professor Rob Nelson, said department head Miriam Wright.
“It was an occasion for us to let our new students know about the quality of a degree in history from the University of Windsor,” she said. “Our faculty are talented, highly-respected scholars who have works published by the world’s top academic presses and journals.”